Charities consultation

Department	Office of the Chief Executive
Start date	08/07/2013
End date	30/08/2013
Type of consultation	Other
Deadline for comments	30/08/2013

About the consultation

The Chief Minister’s Department is consulting all Islanders about whether we need to develop a charities law for Jersey. The law will also have implications for the financial services industry. A separate survey has been prepared for financial services organisations.

The law would:

define what makes a charity a charity
set out what 'charitable purpose' is
put in place a requirement for all charities to deliver public benefit

We are also consulting on whether the proposed law:

should make it a requirement for all charities to be included on a public register
should provide for the future introduction of light-touch, proportionate regulation

The principles of the law

The consultation is not about the detail of the law. Islanders will have an opportunity to comment on that in the near future but on its principles.

If it is decided that the law should allow for the future introduction of regulation, Islanders will also be consulted on the details of that regulation:

which organisations it applies to
what elements of their work should be regulated

Who can comment

We would like to hear from:

the public
voluntary and community sector organisations
financial services organisations (find additional information below)

What we would like to know

We would like to know whether you think:

Jersey needs an up-to-date, modern definition of charity, and if anything is missing from our proposed definition
there should be a public charities register, who should be on that register and the information they need to provide
there should be an independent charities commissioner
the proposed charities law should allow for future proportionate regulation of charities

Charities law consultation paper